Eco Closet

Every part of the home can be green, including your closet: enter the eco closet! An eco closet is one made of green materials and also containing sustainable materials therefore the concept is quite broad.

Those willing to build an eco closet can use materials such as composite wood panels. According to Eco-Nize, a company specializing in eco closets, "by their very nature, composite wood panels are among the greenest building materials available to consumers. They are produced from pre- and post- consumer recycled wood and wood residuals that would otherwise be wasted or end up in landfills, making exceptional use of our valuable wood resources."

As far the as the contents of your closet go, you can turn your closet into an eco closet by repairing pieces, swapping them with friends, selling them on e-Bay, donating to charity stores or to initiatives such as Soles4souls, which collects shoes for victims of natural disasters. If you must buy new clothes, upgrade your eco closet credentials by purchasing organically produced fabrics, sweatshop-free garments, and avoid at all costs wool, fur, leather and silk, all of which are cruel to the animals involved and in the case of leather, extremely toxic to the environment.

Another way of creating an eco closet is buying clothes made from recycled materials by local designers. There is a huge creative interest in recycling and the only limit is an artist's imagination. In fact, anyone can recycle. An old cotton shirt can become a cleaning rag, or you can use them to stuff bags and shoes when not use so they don't lose their shape. Creating an eco closet can be also be a lot of fun.